Reading with the Burneys: Patronage, Paratext, and Performance

by Sophie Coulombeau

This Element offers a multidimensional study of reading practice and sibling rivalry in late eighteenth-century Britain. The case study is the Aberdeen student and disgraced thief Charles Burney's treatment of Evelina (1778), the debut novel of his sister Frances Burney. Coulombeau uses Charles's manuscript poetry, letters, and marginalia, alongside illustrative prints and circulating library archives, to tell the story of how he attempted to control...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009532944
• ISBN13: 9781009532945
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"